Before we left for vacation, I was able to squeeze in a week and a half of Main Idea & Details practice. Since I used to teach Kindergarten, I tend to think that it's best to introduce a strategy by modeling, guide students as they practice using it on their own, and then give them many, many opportunities to practice using the strategy independently. So, after introducing and modeling how to identify the main idea using the anchor chart below, I had them apply the strategy to several…
